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in 1857, there was an infamous decision and the united states supreme court confirmed the constitutional review. republicans, in contrast, never. the republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november of 1860. a month later, the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals. a critical portion of all dealt with the divisions of territories. most often there was a proposal tuesday extended west beyond the louisiana purchase all the way to the border of california. now, after this preface, i'm going to get to my main point. when lincoln rejected all compromise with regard to territories. but there must be something more. i'm going to talk about three different men tonight. one of them, abraham lincoln, you know what he was and what he did. one of two americans, so well-known. the great kentucky statesman, henry clay, and william henry seward of new york state and prior to lincoln's nomination for the presidency was by far the most notable and well-known republican in the country. here i am.
in 1857, there was an infamous decision and the united states supreme court confirmed the constitutional review. republicans, in contrast, never. the republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november of 1860. a month later, the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals. a critical portion of all dealt with the divisions of territories. most often there was a proposal tuesday extended west...
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on monday, the constitution and the united states turned 225. the next program is one of the several the national archives is presenting this month in celebration of the founding document signed in philadelphia in september 17, 1787. tonight we are honored to welcome two distinguished guests of the past, present and future united states constitution. partners for tonight's program in honor of the constitution are the federalist society and the constitutional accountability center. thanks for the opportunity to collaborate this evening. well, the declaration of independence was long heralded as the icon of our independence of nationhood. the constitution did not get as much attention. it is not a saran is the decorations and as for parchment pages to the decorations single sheet to turn most casual readers. the lack of celebration, however, work to its advantage. over the years the declaration by success or semi, dust and smoke, but the constitution never exhibited. when you feel both original documents upstairs in the rotunda can you immediately
on monday, the constitution and the united states turned 225. the next program is one of the several the national archives is presenting this month in celebration of the founding document signed in philadelphia in september 17, 1787. tonight we are honored to welcome two distinguished guests of the past, present and future united states constitution. partners for tonight's program in honor of the constitution are the federalist society and the constitutional accountability center. thanks for...
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it is a testament to the culture of the great nation that shines like a beacon of liberty. when building first began in 1793, i wonder if anyone noticed the contradiction. maybe no one even mentioned the clear mistake that among those who built a monument to freedom were men and women who came to our shores in chains. but they knew those men and women sold in bondage, they knew, and they waited for just the right time to end their silence. they waited through the federalist period and the age of reform. through the gold rush and the days of the wild, wild west. passed the emancipation proclamation day and juneteen day, passed reconstruction and the gilded age. they waited through two world wars and a great depression, past the flight of the tuskegee airmen and the protests of the civil rights movement. they waited for a moment of relative peace at the silent turn of the 21st century for the evidence of their art to be brought to light. and from the moment we discovered their contribution, we realized that we had been blind ourselves. of course, it makes sense that slaves we
it is a testament to the culture of the great nation that shines like a beacon of liberty. when building first began in 1793, i wonder if anyone noticed the contradiction. maybe no one even mentioned the clear mistake that among those who built a monument to freedom were men and women who came to our shores in chains. but they knew those men and women sold in bondage, they knew, and they waited for just the right time to end their silence. they waited through the federalist period and the age...
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in 1857, in the famous or infamous dred scott decision, united states supreme court confirmed the southern constitutional view. republicans in contrast, never, no matter the supreme court. republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november 1860. a month later, the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals, a critical portion of all in some way dealt with the division of the territory. most often their was a proposal to extend some kind of dividing line, westward beyond the louisiana purchase all the way to the border of california. now, after this rather lengthy preface i'm going to get to my main topic of why lincoln rejected on meaningful compromise, which dealt with the territories. but there must be one thing more. i'm going to talk about three different men tonight. one of you, one of them, all of you know, those men, abraham lincoln and we was and what he did. the other two are not so well known. so probably a number of your familiar with henry clay, the great kentucky statesman.
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united nations. we don't happen to be in that category. it matters to us what the united nations does elsewhere because, again, where people are ridden with malaria, they will never buy our goods. >> well, mrs. roosevelt, do you think the united nations, as an instrument of world political opinion and operation, has lost ground in, say, the last five or six years in this country? >> i think, like everyone else, that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. we didn't realize that the united nations is all the nations gathered in one place but all the troubles remained, just as they were before. therefore, we had to work to make the united nations work, and we didn't want to work, and we didn't expect to have to do this work. and now we know we have to, which is healthy, i think. >> that brings up another point, mrs. roosevelt. secretary of state dulles has just made an important speech before the american bar association in boston,
united nations. we don't happen to be in that category. it matters to us what the united nations does elsewhere because, again, where people are ridden with malaria, they will never buy our goods. >> well, mrs. roosevelt, do you think the united nations, as an instrument of world political opinion and operation, has lost ground in, say, the last five or six years in this country? >> i think, like everyone else, that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every...
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the united states is the home of one national family, he reminds congress in 1862. we are all of the same family, the same sort, he said, of northerners and southerners in 1863. the rebellion is this unhappy fraternal war. i think where you most see lincoln's affection for this familial metaphor and what he is meeting, this is a constitutional crisis. he is not reading the federalist paper. there's a military paper. why do witnesses say he always has his nose in? if you tarry too long next to him, you're going to get an earful of it too. it's shakespeare. lincoln had three particular favorites -- richard iii, hamlet, and as he put it, above all, macbeth. all three are tragedies. richard iii is classed as a history. it fits the tragic mold. all three are set in grieving war-torn countries. hamlet's denmark is contracted in one brow of woe. richard's england has long been mad and scarred herself. macbeth's scotland is the downfall where each new morning new widows howell, new orphans cry, and nor sorrow strikes heaven. in all three stories, the countries' wounds are s
the united states is the home of one national family, he reminds congress in 1862. we are all of the same family, the same sort, he said, of northerners and southerners in 1863. the rebellion is this unhappy fraternal war. i think where you most see lincoln's affection for this familial metaphor and what he is meeting, this is a constitutional crisis. he is not reading the federalist paper. there's a military paper. why do witnesses say he always has his nose in? if you tarry too long next to...
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yes, they're saying they're an independent nation. and that you are illegally in their country as an enemy army. okay. but as far as the u.s. government's concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy, you stay right where you are. okay. anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in the hotbed of the secession movement in charleston. he's on an island. he's going to run out of food and supplies at some point. okay. now, in january, in january, the federal government, the u.s. federal government, tried to send a relief expedition down. confederate forces fired on that ship and it turned around. so ever since january anderson's been trying to hold out. and what he's saying is, guys, i don't know how much longer i can do this, all right, we've got a serious problem. finally in early april, lincoln de
yes, they're saying they're an independent nation. and that you are illegally in their country as an enemy army. okay. but as far as the u.s. government's concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy, you stay right where you are. okay. anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in the hotbed of the secession movement in charleston. he's on an island. he's going to run out of food and supplies at some point. okay. now, in january, in january, the federal government, the...
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war is to be ended, the nation united, and the peace restored by strategy and not by hard, desperate fighting. so we can see lincoln wasn't combat shy. he had a high tolerance for bloody struggle.
war is to be ended, the nation united, and the peace restored by strategy and not by hard, desperate fighting. so we can see lincoln wasn't combat shy. he had a high tolerance for bloody struggle.
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war is to be ended, the nation united, and the peace restored by strategy and not by hard, desperate fighting. so we can see lincoln wasn't combat shy. he had a high tolerance for bloody struggle. he was suspicious of strategy as basically an avoidance of combat. and yet there's something more to this tolerance for struggle. where did that come from? where did the idea, as lincoln put it one time that what he needed was generals who were willing to see, quote, hard, tough fight that go will hurt somebody. well, i think that came from his youth, too, and i think it came from his famous wrestling match with armstrong in new salem, illinois, in 1831. briefly, lincoln had just come to town, just moved to new salem, and the local bullies who were called the grove boys, challenged him to a wrestling match to meet their champion, jack armstrong. well, there's a kind of flap doodle over the question whether in this brutal wrestling match that ensued that lincoln use add chokehold on armstrong. and if you want to nope the details of the wrestling match, they're covered very well in a
war is to be ended, the nation united, and the peace restored by strategy and not by hard, desperate fighting. so we can see lincoln wasn't combat shy. he had a high tolerance for bloody struggle. he was suspicious of strategy as basically an avoidance of combat. and yet there's something more to this tolerance for struggle. where did that come from? where did the idea, as lincoln put it one time that what he needed was generals who were willing to see, quote, hard, tough fight that go will...
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. >> i think, like everything else, that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00. and ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. and at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state hillary clinton, at her final campaign rally in 2008. american history tv monday. president's day. on c-span 3. >> who would be interested in what the first lady wears other than if you're just a fan of fashion? why do we care what the first lady wears? but we look to her clothes for clues about what she's like as a person, about what the administration might be like both in its style. is it formal? is it informal? is it extravagant? is it simple? and what -- possibly something about her politics or the administration's politics. is it american made? do you proudly say you only wear american designers and american made clothi
. >> i think, like everything else, that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00. and ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. and at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state hillary clinton, at her final campaign rally in 2008. american history tv monday. president's day. on c-span...
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kansas followed a national initiative. one of the first was located in new york city on land that was contributed by the rockefeller family. that was a very large camp with platform tents, screened canvas. they had many different programs, not just infant care, but they had mother's education programs and summer programs for older children, also. part of the background of the creation of a program here in wichita was the fact that in kansas our secretary of the department of health whose name was dr. samuel crump bin initiated quite a statewide campaign to promote the idea of sanitation as well as child welfare. he had some pretty interesting campaigns. one was called swat the fly because people needed to be aware of how germs were carried. and he had another one called don't spit on the sidewalk. in many cities, they actually imprinted that slogan on various paving bricks and put them on the sidewalks to remind people. i found news articles here in wichita about campaigns on our streetcars that conductors were to watch fo
kansas followed a national initiative. one of the first was located in new york city on land that was contributed by the rockefeller family. that was a very large camp with platform tents, screened canvas. they had many different programs, not just infant care, but they had mother's education programs and summer programs for older children, also. part of the background of the creation of a program here in wichita was the fact that in kansas our secretary of the department of health whose name...
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of course, um, a lot easier for them now since citizens united. because you cannot only raise unlimited corporate money, but you don't have to report which corporations are paying which bills. but they also couldn't do it without the assistance of the nation's media. and that's what drives me crazy. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some books that are being released this coming week.
of course, um, a lot easier for them now since citizens united. because you cannot only raise unlimited corporate money, but you don't have to report which corporations are paying which bills. but they also couldn't do it without the assistance of the nation's media. and that's what drives me crazy. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some books that are being released this coming week.
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he told kennedy that he was planning to go to the united nations that october and would hope at that point to meet with kennedy and settle the berlin problem. i have always felt this may be a bit of what they call special interest. that perhaps the missiles in cuba had as one of their missions it begto begin putting pressure on kennedy. that and the soviet forces on the west german and perhaps even to impress the goals were the kinds of things he would do to exert pressure on the allies to get them out of berlin. krushchev later told his son that he expected kennedy "to protest a little more and then to accept the missiles." he thought that kennedy would back down. kennedy by 1962 was a different man from what he had been in 1961. the evolution of young presidents is something that for those of you who enjoy writing dissertations and thinking of topics should look at. it's a fascinating topic with respect to kennedy. kennedy was many things, but one was an enormously quick learner. by 1982, by the fall he had gone through the crisis and knows what worked and didn't work and was ready
he told kennedy that he was planning to go to the united nations that october and would hope at that point to meet with kennedy and settle the berlin problem. i have always felt this may be a bit of what they call special interest. that perhaps the missiles in cuba had as one of their missions it begto begin putting pressure on kennedy. that and the soviet forces on the west german and perhaps even to impress the goals were the kinds of things he would do to exert pressure on the allies to get...
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in the south major institution is the republicans' determination into a unit to win a national election without southern support republicans condemned the south as undemocratic. even un-american. with this party on the threshold for those who practice the gospel and newspaper columns the crisis for the south was at hand. from the hatred of evil republicans to fill the southern air. this is not the first time. there have been several disputes. 2.specifically, first, the constitutional convention to do with the admission of missouri as of slave state -- state midges much more than the state of louisiana from domestic guerrilla to the rocky mountains it was settled by the missouri compromise. then the nullification encounter mercy it was already settled by compromise than late 1840's the future of slavery the territory from mexico and mexican war settled by the compromise of 1850. precedent and tradition in place for another settlement the chief issue between the republicans and the south but not slavery of the 15 states. almost all americans americans, republicans included the constitutio
in the south major institution is the republicans' determination into a unit to win a national election without southern support republicans condemned the south as undemocratic. even un-american. with this party on the threshold for those who practice the gospel and newspaper columns the crisis for the south was at hand. from the hatred of evil republicans to fill the southern air. this is not the first time. there have been several disputes. 2.specifically, first, the constitutional convention...
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the course of the war, this is foreshadowing, the south always had problems coming up with a viable national strategy, where they always came up with a viable national strategy with the north. to what extent were the southerners dealing with emotional blinkers, that, you know, lee was focused on virginia, on saving virginia, on defending virginia, and was less concerned about what happened in vicksburg and the far west and chattanooga and all these other places -- >> okay, we've got it. >> anybody can answer it. >> very quickly, because lee is often charged with being virginia-centric in his view, and i think that's true. and he probably should have been. if you put yourself in lee's position, he'll spend year after year watching the confederate command west of the appalachians essentially disintegrate and shoot itself in the foot. a great army miserably led most of the time during the war. and lee has to ask himself, what good could he do if he acceded to jefferson davis' wishes in late 1863 and went out into that poison command center? could he have done any better? whereas he knew what he
the course of the war, this is foreshadowing, the south always had problems coming up with a viable national strategy, where they always came up with a viable national strategy with the north. to what extent were the southerners dealing with emotional blinkers, that, you know, lee was focused on virginia, on saving virginia, on defending virginia, and was less concerned about what happened in vicksburg and the far west and chattanooga and all these other places -- >> okay, we've got it....
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, all other national constitutions which i am aware are easier than the united states constitution. the framers were not, did not suffer from delusions of grandeur that we often project onto them. they did not believe that they were getting it just right for once and for all. article five is a testament to the fact that they thought amendments would be likely and necessary. indeed, that a convention might be desirable. article five says we go to convention if two-thirds of the state convince congress to do. it's my own view you don't convince congress. to err is human. it is our fault that we have projected onto them this notion we were demagogues and that we don't adequately discuss both the amendments we have gotten and what it took to get them. it took at least half a century. the woman's movement begins in 1840 with the seneca falls convention. the 19th amendment comes along in 1920. we did the 13th and 14th and 15th amendments as of our suggested because of war, and because the radical republicans who were able in fact successfully to seize control of government in part, and i
, all other national constitutions which i am aware are easier than the united states constitution. the framers were not, did not suffer from delusions of grandeur that we often project onto them. they did not believe that they were getting it just right for once and for all. article five is a testament to the fact that they thought amendments would be likely and necessary. indeed, that a convention might be desirable. article five says we go to convention if two-thirds of the state convince...
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nations wecon fed rconfederate unions. i if any crossed after we did they need have no fear of the other world because they surely were firefroof. even though, i think, some of in these stories i think are quite dramatic, the winner for the t most dramatic has to be se lincoln's run, because just thel think of this. just think about what would happen to the secret service if they let the president do this today?ew lincoln was at grant's headquarters, general grant's te headquarters at city point, nown hopewell, virginia, there to nd observe the siege and he just happened to be there when the campaign opened and lee retreated and grant followed. when lincoln heard of the fall m he said i want to see richmond. so the admiral in charge of thei gun but on the james ordered the flow tillty to go up the day after the occupation. they had clearly confederate mines. swept the river for mines and got some of them, but didn't get all of them. a bit tense going upriver, and w one by one ships had engine trouble, or ran into obstructi
nations wecon fed rconfederate unions. i if any crossed after we did they need have no fear of the other world because they surely were firefroof. even though, i think, some of in these stories i think are quite dramatic, the winner for the t most dramatic has to be se lincoln's run, because just thel think of this. just think about what would happen to the secret service if they let the president do this today?ew lincoln was at grant's headquarters, general grant's te headquarters at city...
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i'm merely suggest i think service in the overseas united states navy serving under national flag on foreign shores created, i think, a concept that they were serving a national government rather than serving a particular state. that may have had something to do with it. if you're cynical, another explanation may be the southern navy was so small, there were very few jobs for senior naval officers -- >> very few ships i think, too. >> very few ships. the difference is age of institutions. west point founded in 18 on 02, around a long time, many graduates had reached senior, colonel field grade ranks where the naval academy, founded in 1845, it's graduates were relatively junior. those in senior command positions when the war broke out were not annapolis graduates. i'll contrast, the particular example is david glasgow fair gut, someone who learned on the job as a midshipman the way it was done early. virginia born, tennessee born, living in virginia, married to a virginia woman when virginia ses seeded from the union said i will not stay one more day. i will leave for new york. dear
i'm merely suggest i think service in the overseas united states navy serving under national flag on foreign shores created, i think, a concept that they were serving a national government rather than serving a particular state. that may have had something to do with it. if you're cynical, another explanation may be the southern navy was so small, there were very few jobs for senior naval officers -- >> very few ships i think, too. >> very few ships. the difference is age of...
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. >> raising an army to save his nation and it was his focus in the beginning. >> it was in the united states. we had a couple of folks waiting on the phones before we hear the results of the vote in richmond. allen is in cincinnati for emory thomas. hi there. >> hello. i wanted to get your view on the possible accusation of robert e. lee being a racist as described by elizabeth pryor in her book reading the man and general lee is often regarded as many people being a southern racist whereas president abraham lincoln obviously had racist views, but is generally guided by history as being forgiven for his race of the views, and i wanted to get your perspective as to whether one or the other was more or less a racist than the other and whether they both reflected the feelings of their times. >> i think they both reflected the feelings of their time which were pretty darn racist. lincoln, however, had the capacity to grow. we believe in emancipated colonization and sending african-americans somewhere else, perhaps to latin america, nicaragua or perhaps to west africa. he hoped that he wou
. >> raising an army to save his nation and it was his focus in the beginning. >> it was in the united states. we had a couple of folks waiting on the phones before we hear the results of the vote in richmond. allen is in cincinnati for emory thomas. hi there. >> hello. i wanted to get your view on the possible accusation of robert e. lee being a racist as described by elizabeth pryor in her book reading the man and general lee is often regarded as many people being a southern...
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the national archives has hosted a ceremony for decades. it never ceases to impress the prospective citizens out to support and defend the constitution in front of the actual document. we encourage you to return over the next several days for more discussions, films, and special events for the constitution to protect. on monday september 17th at noon we do happy birthday here in the theater. a special program in celebration of the signing of the constitution in the first 225 test will join the founding fathers for cake after the performance. now, wednesday september 19th at 7:00 p.m. the constitution and the war of 1812 here in the theater. the 2012 lecture. journalist roger mudd moderates a panel discussion on what are probably helped misses from 1812. tonight two distinguished guests discussed the past, present and future of the nest its constitution. professor of law and political science at university. he teaches constitutional law at the college and law school. he received his b.a. and j.d. from yale and serves as an editor of the yale
the national archives has hosted a ceremony for decades. it never ceases to impress the prospective citizens out to support and defend the constitution in front of the actual document. we encourage you to return over the next several days for more discussions, films, and special events for the constitution to protect. on monday september 17th at noon we do happy birthday here in the theater. a special program in celebration of the signing of the constitution in the first 225 test will join the...
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importantly he understood the nation has already fundamentally united. the various interests that make up the nation were perpetually contesting against one another, but there were not your vocally opposed. some people who visit us from other lands across the sea find it difficult to credit the fact that a nation's wrong from many sources, 130 million strong, stretching 300 miles from east to west and all the great essentials of the civilization, much gasol for not only do speak one language, not only of the customs and habits of our people essentially similar in every part of the country, but we have given repeated proof on many occasions especially in recent years that we're willing to forgo advantage for such advantage should only be obtained by one part of the country at the expense of the country as a whole. because the nation a share, believes, common culture, and common interest some groups would be granted by the president temporary political. others would be legitimately deny the clinton government command of a planned to be deferred while other
importantly he understood the nation has already fundamentally united. the various interests that make up the nation were perpetually contesting against one another, but there were not your vocally opposed. some people who visit us from other lands across the sea find it difficult to credit the fact that a nation's wrong from many sources, 130 million strong, stretching 300 miles from east to west and all the great essentials of the civilization, much gasol for not only do speak one language,...
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and with national organizations are seeking to employ terrorist activities against the united es easy analog for us either at the federal or state level. but i will say tonight was a wonderful night and i'm glad i came. it wasn't so bad after all. >> now how did i know he could do this without notes? he didn't plan it that way, but that's the way it goes. well, it's dessert time. after dessert, we'll have a little coffee here. people can hang around, symb symbolically anyway. and the dessert is a scrumptious dessert indeed because no program could be complete without the dramatic reading by one of the great of all times, not only past president of the west chester bar and the new york state bar and a past regent of the american college of trial lawyers and one of the most prominent lawyers in this entire region if not america. out of the firm of clark and miller in white plains, he's appeared on television and radio, written a book called the art of advocacy, another called "new york practice" and most recently "on trial: letters from a lifetime in the courtroom" which is standing roo
and with national organizations are seeking to employ terrorist activities against the united es easy analog for us either at the federal or state level. but i will say tonight was a wonderful night and i'm glad i came. it wasn't so bad after all. >> now how did i know he could do this without notes? he didn't plan it that way, but that's the way it goes. well, it's dessert time. after dessert, we'll have a little coffee here. people can hang around, symb symbolically anyway. and the...
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january 1, 1863, the day he signed the emancipation prop nation. now that day did not marked the end of the war, or even the beginning of the end of the war. that was the time when grant drove the rebels out of vicksburg and then chattanoogans 1863, while in gettysburg, the union prevailed to the greatest were the worst battle ever for in the american continent. by the end of 1862 did bring the nation to the end of the beginning. when that fateful year began, a shattered land looked backward at the dream that seemed forever lost. when the new year arrived, the way forward was susceptible, and upward climb into the challenging yet brilliant future that we have lived to enjoy. with that, does anyone have any questions? comments? any one? there are microphones here. i think c-span would like it if we use them. >> lincoln, who seemed way too patient at times, especially with the chief general from mcclellan to hallett to meade, do you think if he had replaced mcclellan sooner, that they may have at least pushed the army of the potomac to be a little mo
january 1, 1863, the day he signed the emancipation prop nation. now that day did not marked the end of the war, or even the beginning of the end of the war. that was the time when grant drove the rebels out of vicksburg and then chattanoogans 1863, while in gettysburg, the union prevailed to the greatest were the worst battle ever for in the american continent. by the end of 1862 did bring the nation to the end of the beginning. when that fateful year began, a shattered land looked backward at...
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. >>> every day at the national archives in washington, d.c., a team of six researchers from the project comb through a multitude of civil war era government files searching for any documents related to the 16th president of the united states. so far they've found 12,000 records. recently, a researcher discovered a missing page from president lincoln's second annual message to congress along with a complete copy of the message signed in lincoln's hand. american history tv went to the archives to see these relics from the great emancipator's presidency. this is the research room which is part of the research complex here at the national archives, where researchers come and view records that we serve to them. my job is to work with researchers and work with the records that we have here in our holdings here in the national archives. and i work with the records of the house and senate. which is the bulk of our holdings in the center for legislative archives. we have records from legislative support agencies as well, but the records of the house and senate are the bulk of our holdings. going
. >>> every day at the national archives in washington, d.c., a team of six researchers from the project comb through a multitude of civil war era government files searching for any documents related to the 16th president of the united states. so far they've found 12,000 records. recently, a researcher discovered a missing page from president lincoln's second annual message to congress along with a complete copy of the message signed in lincoln's hand. american history tv went to the...
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to the ground, the national debt had nearly tripled for 45 million to 127 million all at the united states had accomplished was getting the british to agree to maintain the status quo and that is to keep all matters of diplomatic dispute exactly in the same status they had had before the war to read everything was going to stay exactly the same. regarding the war with favored. as a popular referendum in the popular election of 1812 and 1816. madison easily won the election in november of 1812 in the early months of the war and his hand-picked successor and a former secretary of war james monroe enjoyed landslide success four years later. hundreds of thousands of men cast votes for the democratic republic in those contests. the war in other words proved to be a rousing popular success. how did people come to form their opinions about the war? welcome usually not through direct observations. far many more people in the united states read and wrote about the war of 1812 and i will give you a member to give you a sense of this. they nation lost 2002 entered 60 men in the battle of 1812 and was
to the ground, the national debt had nearly tripled for 45 million to 127 million all at the united states had accomplished was getting the british to agree to maintain the status quo and that is to keep all matters of diplomatic dispute exactly in the same status they had had before the war to read everything was going to stay exactly the same. regarding the war with favored. as a popular referendum in the popular election of 1812 and 1816. madison easily won the election in november of 1812...
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nations that october and would hope to meet with kennedy and settle the berlin problem. this would be what they call, special interest that, perhaps the missiles in cuba as one of their missions, one of their missions, to begin putting pressure on kennedy very directly about berlin. and that and the soviet forces on the west german border to tell them to shut up this time. and perhaps perhaps, even to impress -- the kinds of things they would okay to exert pressure on the allies to get them out of berlin. later, he told his son that he had expected kennedy, quote, to protest to protest a little more. and then to accept the missiles. he thought that kennedy would back down. kennedy, by 1962, was a different man from what he had been in 1961. the evolution of young presidents is something that for those of you who enjoy writing dissertations and thinking of topics should look at. because it's fascinating topic. he was many things but one of them one of them he was an enormously quick learner. by 1962 he went through the berlin crisis. he would know what worked and what did
nations that october and would hope to meet with kennedy and settle the berlin problem. this would be what they call, special interest that, perhaps the missiles in cuba as one of their missions, one of their missions, to begin putting pressure on kennedy very directly about berlin. and that and the soviet forces on the west german border to tell them to shut up this time. and perhaps perhaps, even to impress -- the kinds of things they would okay to exert pressure on the allies to get them out...
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, i can tell you that each and every day i wake up is a great day in the united states of america. it is a great day for angela and myself. [applause] you know, someone just came up to me and said, what on earth did you do to the huffington post? [laughter] every single day they are writing about you, and you are driving them apoplectic. but as i stand here today you're looking at the number one target for the entire democratic party in the united states of america, and i wear that as a badge of honor, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] but the question is, why would a first term congressman, a person who has never been in politics his entire life, be the number-one target for the democratic party? it is because i believe you are looking at the embodiment of what abraham lincoln talked about, freedom. the whole purpose of the republican party being established was freedom. it was the emancipation proclamation. it was the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. it was all about individual freedom. that is why this party exists, and that is why we will continue to exist for years on end for th
, i can tell you that each and every day i wake up is a great day in the united states of america. it is a great day for angela and myself. [applause] you know, someone just came up to me and said, what on earth did you do to the huffington post? [laughter] every single day they are writing about you, and you are driving them apoplectic. but as i stand here today you're looking at the number one target for the entire democratic party in the united states of america, and i wear that as a badge...
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we are coming, father abraham, so sang the volunteer units responding to lincoln's call to arms. hastily constructed camps sprang up, crude and comfortless by today's standards. the growing manpower had to be supplied and equipped, furnished with the weapons needed to fight this country's bloodiest war, a means to move those masses of supplies and equipment were organized and assembled. this was a day before the phrase motor pool had been coined. old-in was the hay powered engine that turned the wheels of war. the now middle-aged brady and his assistants recorded all. what is it wagons what is the name soldiers gave to the mysterious horse-drawn photo labs that brady sent into the field. the clumsy contraptions were to become a familiar sight wherever men were mustered and trained. training then meant the inevitable close order drill but also long forgotten formation such as the hollow square defense against cavalry attack. the cigarette had not yet been invented, but the civilian turned soldier took ten and welcomed that brief break from duty. preparation has its own grim ends.
we are coming, father abraham, so sang the volunteer units responding to lincoln's call to arms. hastily constructed camps sprang up, crude and comfortless by today's standards. the growing manpower had to be supplied and equipped, furnished with the weapons needed to fight this country's bloodiest war, a means to move those masses of supplies and equipment were organized and assembled. this was a day before the phrase motor pool had been coined. old-in was the hay powered engine that turned...
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. >>> the united nations declared this malala day named for the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot by the taliban for, because she spoke out for the education of girls. today an outpouring of support for malala and her cause from around the world. that story from nbc's amna navaz. >> reporter: they chanted her name and carried her picture. fellow students in pakistan honoring malala. it's not only one, we are all malala. the whole of pakistan is malala. >> my message to the female students of this country is that all of the female students should get education because education is so important. >> reporter: across the border in india, prayers for malala's recovery. in england where she's being treated supporters lit candles in her name. >> we can vote for her to win the nobel peace prize to make her cause even greater. >> reporter: a cause picked up in the months after she was shot in the head for publically campaigning for education rights. on a visit to pakistan u.n. education envoy gordon brown presented a petition with a million signatures calling for education for all. malala, he sai
. >>> the united nations declared this malala day named for the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot by the taliban for, because she spoke out for the education of girls. today an outpouring of support for malala and her cause from around the world. that story from nbc's amna navaz. >> reporter: they chanted her name and carried her picture. fellow students in pakistan honoring malala. it's not only one, we are all malala. the whole of pakistan is malala. >> my message to the...
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congress also grants diplomatic recognition to the republics of haiti and liberia, black nations that existed before that, obviously, but had never been granted diplomatic resolution by the united states. in april of 1862, congress abolished slavery in the district of columbia, also opened public schools to black children. we see in the first quarter, i guess, of 1862, for a third of 1862, some definite motion against slavery on the part of congress. now, there are still cautionary notes. we still have general george mcclellan saying any declaration of radical views, especially on the slavery question, will rapidly disintegrate these armi armies. and he's out of step and almost everybody except mcclellan knows it. well, almost everybody in the army, not everybody at home. and congress, so july, july 17th of 1862, congress passed a second act. second confiscation act is important, because the first act, remember, has said that it essentially made a law out of butler's policy, that any slaves actively used in support of the rebellion were confiscated from their owner, if they weren't th
congress also grants diplomatic recognition to the republics of haiti and liberia, black nations that existed before that, obviously, but had never been granted diplomatic resolution by the united states. in april of 1862, congress abolished slavery in the district of columbia, also opened public schools to black children. we see in the first quarter, i guess, of 1862, for a third of 1862, some definite motion against slavery on the part of congress. now, there are still cautionary notes. we...
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national security is critical to the united states defense, to our ability to operate globally and at universities like this will help us to get to where we need to be. the skills we need tomorrow are very different than the skills we have today and that is why i was pleased when i was asked to join you today. it will help us develop the next generation of cyber-security professionals and you will help us protect our cyber-security access in our nation's infrastructure. cyber-attacks have increased significantly over the last decade. i can tell you that the cia.gov, our recruiting web site, gets 1 million hits a year. that is how many people are trying to get into your system. these happen to be not so nice purposes. your development of becoming a professional in this business will absolutely be fundamental to our future. when you're having a hard time caught with the course or professor, every one of your professors is here to help you succeed. much like the mentors to have along the way, you're internships, your co-ops, keep looking for the start because you'll find it. we're talkin
national security is critical to the united states defense, to our ability to operate globally and at universities like this will help us to get to where we need to be. the skills we need tomorrow are very different than the skills we have today and that is why i was pleased when i was asked to join you today. it will help us develop the next generation of cyber-security professionals and you will help us protect our cyber-security access in our nation's infrastructure. cyber-attacks have...
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one nation united and still a working democracy and still trying hard to live up to the spirit of henry clay. >> we've time for a very quick call from bowling green, kentucky. do you have a quick question for us? >> reporter: why do you suppose henry clay was not interested in a woman's perspective on slavery? the reason i ask that question, european vikctorian woman traveled to america in 1835 and she visited -- >> i'm going to interrupt you. we understand the history, and we have very little time. >> harriet is sent by britain, so that's enough for clay not to like her. i would certainly say that just his southern principles about women's place. >> yeah. he loved women. had women been able to vote, henry clay would have been president many times, because by all the estimates, women of america liked henry clay. everybody uniformly says that women liked henry clay and would have voted for him. she came to ashland and stayed here. she didn't like the clay children, but she liked henry clay when they got here, even though she had problems with henry clay. that was part of america of his t
one nation united and still a working democracy and still trying hard to live up to the spirit of henry clay. >> we've time for a very quick call from bowling green, kentucky. do you have a quick question for us? >> reporter: why do you suppose henry clay was not interested in a woman's perspective on slavery? the reason i ask that question, european vikctorian woman traveled to america in 1835 and she visited -- >> i'm going to interrupt you. we understand the history, and we...
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capitol, the national archives bears his imprint as does the main entrance of the united states supreme court, then there's this tribute to labor leader samuel dauphin, he was all of 14 years old when he joined his adopted country. a generation later he founded the american federation for labor. he campaigned for higher wages, shorter hours and safer working conditions. a strong advocate of collective bargaining. it won friends for the union movement during its infancy, and it made him something of an industrial statesman. the gompers memorial exudes both his dignity and his force. a champion of the working man is seated. behind him half a dozen allegorical figures represent justice. unity. and the spirit of self-improvement.
capitol, the national archives bears his imprint as does the main entrance of the united states supreme court, then there's this tribute to labor leader samuel dauphin, he was all of 14 years old when he joined his adopted country. a generation later he founded the american federation for labor. he campaigned for higher wages, shorter hours and safer working conditions. a strong advocate of collective bargaining. it won friends for the union movement during its infancy, and it made him...
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office, was the majority party in the united states, and it was a party that was devoted to what we might call state rights and local control, and they put together a coalition that included slave holders in the south and a whole variety of people in the north including urban laborers who were pushing back against the potential promise of centralization of power. i think what is true is that state right sentiment was widespread. some sympathy for secessionism was sufficiently widespread that the lincoln administration was really worried about it. remember california and oregon are very far away from centers of power in the united states. this is one of the reasons that lincolnmented to build a -- lincoln wanted to build a transcontinental railroad once the civil war begins because he wanted to extend the reach. there were fears -- if you think about what lincoln did what he did in south carolina, part of the logic of this was not just the states that had already seceded from the union, by the prospect of the country as a whole falling apart if the federal government didn't assert it
office, was the majority party in the united states, and it was a party that was devoted to what we might call state rights and local control, and they put together a coalition that included slave holders in the south and a whole variety of people in the north including urban laborers who were pushing back against the potential promise of centralization of power. i think what is true is that state right sentiment was widespread. some sympathy for secessionism was sufficiently widespread that...
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it and 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make ratifications. >> they need two-thirds. >> 64 or -- ratification is not hard in the scenario. you have 80. you need 64 or 65. okay. the deal baker. they shouldn't be deal breaker. very few people view them as deal breaker. he knows wilson. and lodge says wilson, you know, he might accept reservation on the principle. we can get the ratification easily if you accept it. and wilson says i will never except the reservations. lodge at the reds elevation of the treaty. lodge is the republican. >> from the other party. >> that's right he's the republican the leader of the republican party in the senate. the most influential voice. >> the partisan break down. >> it's pretty closely split. there's a democratic i believe there's a democratic majority at this point. the key is 50eu6. it you cannot do just the democrat. you have to republican and the fact that you have launch. he is the enough power. what happens is wilson goe
it and 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make ratifications. >> they need two-thirds. >> 64 or -- ratification is not hard in the scenario. you have 80. you need 64 or 65. okay. the deal baker. they shouldn't be deal breaker. very few people view them as deal breaker. he knows wilson. and lodge says wilson, you know, he might accept reservation on the...
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, keeping united on one flag and end slavery. the monument lists the name of 2,500 hispanic surnames. we -- that's important because there was an all-hispanic regiment in the civil war that came out of new mexico. these names were mixed up with african-american troops. there are also the names of white officers who commanded soldiers. those names are listed among regiments. one is robert shaw that you know from the movie "glory" the neighborhood where the monument exists is named for shaw. there's shaw elementary, and howard university named for general howard, and over there is the will yamd lord garrison school. this whole neighborhood is related to what happened after the civil war. i wanted to point that out to say that this monument now represents more of what the neighborhood looks like. it's an integrated monument with the names of whites, african-americans, blacks and latinos and looks like theat hp obama get elected president. united states. now, we opened a new exhibit back iuly, which now includes a number of things am
, keeping united on one flag and end slavery. the monument lists the name of 2,500 hispanic surnames. we -- that's important because there was an all-hispanic regiment in the civil war that came out of new mexico. these names were mixed up with african-american troops. there are also the names of white officers who commanded soldiers. those names are listed among regiments. one is robert shaw that you know from the movie "glory" the neighborhood where the monument exists is named for...
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states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. eda is well more than enough. >> host: the need two-thirds. >> guest: ratification isn't hard in this scenario. you have 80. you need 64, 65. okay. the problem is the senate republicans led by henry cabot lodge who wilson has known for many decades they don't want to give him a triumph. some of them are just opposed to joining the treaty. they have reservations about the united states sovereignty many of them were willing to join the treaty with conditions attached to it and these reservations are not huge. the british for example say they have no problems in the reservation of the treaty it's not an obstacle for them. >> guest: they shouldn't be deal breakers. very few people view them as deal breakers that lodge says wilson, he might have set reservations in principle that he will never accept reservations that i attach, and wilson in a private meeting is told we can get the ratification easily if you accept the launch reservations and will send says i will never accept the reservat
states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. eda is well more than enough. >> host: the need two-thirds. >> guest: ratification isn't hard in this scenario. you have 80. you need 64, 65. okay. the problem is the senate republicans led by henry cabot lodge who wilson has known for many decades they don't want to give him a triumph. some of them are just opposed to joining the treaty. they have reservations about the united states sovereignty many...
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yes, south carolina has been saying since december that they are not part of the united states anymore. yes, since february, you now have the organization the confederate states of america. yes, they're saying they're an independent nation and that you are illegally in their country as an enemy army. okay. but, as far as the u.s. government is concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy. you stay right where you are. okay? anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in the hot bed of succession movement in charleston. he's on an island. he's going to run out of food and supplies at some point. okay? now, in january, in january, the federal government, the u.s. federal government tried to send a relief expedition down. the confederate forces fired on that ship and it turned around. so ever since january, anderson has been trying to hold out. and what he's saying is, guys, i don't know how much longer i can do this. we've got a serious problem. finally, in early april, lincoln decides he's got to resupply anderson. but here's lincoln's problem. he doesn't want to
yes, south carolina has been saying since december that they are not part of the united states anymore. yes, since february, you now have the organization the confederate states of america. yes, they're saying they're an independent nation and that you are illegally in their country as an enemy army. okay. but, as far as the u.s. government is concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy. you stay right where you are. okay? anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in...
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. >>> right now nuclear inspectors from the united nations are in iran inspectors want proof that iran does not plan to use its nuclear program to develop a weapon. israel has said military action could be needed to prevent that from happening. the united states and britain are urging israel to be patient to allow international sanctions to work. >>> three men are dead this morning, killed in an avalanche and this morning we continue to learn new details of the deadly incident. professional skier was part of a group that skied in is cascade mountains southeast of seattle, washington. this morning on the "today" show she said she survived by deploying her air bag as the avalanche carried them down the terrain almost 2,000 feet. >> one of the skiers triggered the avalanche. we were -- the skiers that were below that were caught in the avalanche, we were considered to be in a safe zone and we didn't really anticipate it, but when we saw it happening, we knew exactly what was happening and it's amazing how quickly an avalanche happens and it progresses very rapidly into something really ma
. >>> right now nuclear inspectors from the united nations are in iran inspectors want proof that iran does not plan to use its nuclear program to develop a weapon. israel has said military action could be needed to prevent that from happening. the united states and britain are urging israel to be patient to allow international sanctions to work. >>> three men are dead this morning, killed in an avalanche and this morning we continue to learn new details of the deadly...
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it had to do with the future of slavery and the future of southern power in the nation. now they demand that what they saw to take their property including slave property. in the famous and infamous dr. scott decision the united states supreme court affirmed the stuff and constitutional review. nobody, the supreme court. republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november. members of congress put forth a various compromise proposals. a critical portion of all in some duraid dealt with the divisions of the territories. most often there was a proposal to not extend. this would be on with the louisiana purchase all the way to the border of california. i'm going to get to my main topic life lincoln rejected all. i am going to talk about three different men tonight. one of them, all of you know his income abraham lincoln and here's what he was and who he did. the other two. the great kentucky statesman and william henry
it had to do with the future of slavery and the future of southern power in the nation. now they demand that what they saw to take their property including slave property. in the famous and infamous dr. scott decision the united states supreme court affirmed the stuff and constitutional review. nobody, the supreme court. republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november. members of congress put forth a various compromise proposals. a critical...